2005 FIBA Americas Championship

The 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as The Tournament of the Americas), was hosted by the Dominican Republic, from August 24, to September 4, 2005. The games were played in Santo Domingo. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, in Japan. Argentina had already qualified, by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Brazil won the tournament, the country's third AmeriCup championship.

2005 FIBA Americas Championship
Tournament details
Host countryDominican Republic
CitySanto Domingo
DatesAugust 24 – September 4
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
MVPBrazil Marcelo Machado
Top scorerBrazil Marcelo Machado
(23.4 points per game)
2003
2007

Venues

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All games were played at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto.

Qualification

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Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2004; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

The tournament draw took place Monday, April 18, in Santo Domingo. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.[1]

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Format

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  • The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
  • Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
  • The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
  • The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. The semifinal losers were also given berths in the 2006 World Championship. Also, should Argentina reach one of the first four places in the tournament, due to their obtaining the gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens, the fifth best team in the quarterfinals stage was also qualified for the 2006 World Championship.

Tie-breaking criteria

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Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals
Times given below are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4).

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Brazil 4 3 1 393 342 +51 7 1–0
  Venezuela 4 3 1 330 342 −12 7 0–1
  United States 4 2 2 336 329 +7 6  
  Panama 4 1 3 298 302 −4 5 1–0
  Canada 4 1 3 318 360 −42 5 0–1
August 24
14:00
United States   94–72   Panama
Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 20–11, 24–17, 20–20
Pts: Scales 18
Rebs: Hamilton, McGhee 7
Asts: Edney 6
Pts: Cardenas 13
Rebs: A. García 9
Asts: Hicks 3

August 24
16:30
Venezuela   88–111   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 7–28, 30–26, 28–27
Pts: Romero 24
Rebs: Romero, Torres 5
Asts: Guevara 7
Pts: Barbosa 28
Rebs: Barbosa 7
Asts: Barbosa 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 25
13:30
Brazil   94–96   United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 22–21, 25–18, 26–32
Pts: Barbosa 37
Rebs: Varejão 11
Asts: Machado 6
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: McGhee 14
Asts: Greer, Slay 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 25
16:00
Canada   91–100   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 16–26, 20–28, 28–22
Pts: English 25
Rebs: Mendez 8
Asts: Anderson 4
Pts: Lugo, Torres 24
Rebs: Romero, Torres 8
Asts: Guevara 7
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 26
14:00
Panama   77–83   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 11–19, 23–28, 20–18
Pts: Hicks 30
Rebs: Lloreda 11
Asts: Pinnock, Peralta 2
Pts: Machado 21
Rebs: Giovannoni, Becker 8
Asts: Machado 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 26
16:30
United States   76–92   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 15–23, 20–21, 28–22
Pts: Greer 21
Rebs: McGhee 7
Asts: Beasley, Slay 2
Pts: Brown 28
Rebs: Mendez 14
Asts: Brown, English, Nohr 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 27
16:30
Venezuela   71–70   United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 15–23, 20–21, 28–22
Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 12
Asts: Guevara 5
Pts: Bell 21
Rebs: Hamilton, Lang 8
Asts: Edney, Hamilton 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 27
19:00
Panama   79–54   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–10, 24–13, 19–16
Pts: Hicks, Pinnock 14
Rebs: García 22
Asts: Peralta 4
Pts: English 16
Rebs: Brown, English, Mendez 7
Asts: English 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 28
13:30
Brazil   105–81   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 23–13, 18–24, 34–18
Pts: Machado 42
Rebs: Machado 11
Asts: Machado 7
Pts: Brown 25
Rebs: English 9
Asts: English 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 28
16:00
Panama   70–71   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 12–15, 18–20, 22–13
Pts: Lloreda, Pinnock 16
Rebs: Lloreda 11
Asts: Lloreda 3
Pts: Guevara 23
Rebs: Torres 11
Asts: Guevara 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Argentina 4 3 1 348 307 +41 7 1–0
  Dominican Republic 4 3 1 325 333 −8 7 0–1
  Puerto Rico 4 2 2 354 339 +15 6  
  Uruguay 4 1 3 312 313 −1 5 1–0
  Mexico 4 1 3 324 371 −47 5 0–1
August 24
19:00
Argentina   82–96   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 17–22, 19–26, 18–30
Pts: Jasen 21
Rebs: Farabello, Fernández, Kammerichs, Quinteros 4
Asts: Farabello 8
Pts: Beck 28
Rebs: Ávila 8
Asts: Llamas, Quintero 4

August 24
21:30
Uruguay   69–72   Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 13–16, 27–26, 7–16
Pts: Mazzarino 26
Rebs: Batista 17
Asts: Mazzarino 4
Pts: García, Martínez 15
Rebs: Martínez 13
Asts: Flores, García 2
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 25
18:30
Mexico   60–91   Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 13–23, 12–34, 15–19
Pts: Ávila, Pedroza 12
Rebs: Pedroza 7
Asts: Zúñiga 4
Pts: Batista 23
Rebs: Batista 12
Asts: Mazzarino 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 25
21:00
Puerto Rico   79–96   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 16–17, 19–32, 16–25
Pts: Apodaca 23
Rebs: Narvaez 9
Asts: Dalmau 5
Pts: Quinteros 30
Rebs: Quinteros 7
Asts: Farabello 7
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 26
19:00
Uruguay   80–95   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–33, 21–20, 20–23
Pts: Mazzarino 23
Rebs: Batista 19
Asts: Batista, Mazzarino 4
Pts: Ayuso 19
Rebs: Ramos 21
Asts: Ayuso, Dalmau, Hatton 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 26
21:30
Dominican Republic   104–94   Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 17–24, 32–26, 27–25
Pts: García 24
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: Flores 6
Pts: Beck 29
Rebs: Ávila, Parada, Quintero 7
Asts: Zúñiga 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 27
13:00
Argentina   86–72   Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 22–19, 21–20, 24–14
Pts: Kammerichs 16
Rebs: Quinteros 7
Asts: Farabello 7
Pts: Batista 19
Rebs: Batista 13
Asts: Mazzarino 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 27
21:30
Puerto Rico   86–89   Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 27–18, 23–25, 14–31
Pts: Dalmau 27
Rebs: Ramos 9
Asts: Apodaca, Latimer 6
Pts: Martínez 23
Rebs: Martínez 21
Asts: Flores 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 28
18:30
Mexico   74–94   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 14–23, 27–19, 20–33
Pts: Quintero 28
Rebs: Llamas 10
Asts: González, Llamas, Quintero 3
Pts: Ayuso 27
Rebs: Ramos 14
Asts: Hatton 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 28
21:00
Dominican Republic   60–84   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–29, 27–19, 8–24
Pts: García 22
Rebs: Martínez 10
Asts: Arias 4
Pts: L. Gutiérrez 19
Rebs: Jasen 12
Asts: Porta 7
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

Quarterfinal group

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Qualified for the semifinals
Fifth place

The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Panama) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Argentina 7 6 1 665 583 +82 13  
  Brazil 7 4 3 723 661 +62 11 2−1 (1.103)
  United States 7 4 3 688 664 +24 11 2−1 (1.097)
  Venezuela 7 4 3 636 679 −43 11 2−1 (1.000)
  Panama 7 4 3 627 590 +37 11 0-3
  Dominican Republic 7 3 4 648 675 −27 10 1−0
  Puerto Rico 7 3 4 677 679 −2 10 0−1
  Uruguay 7 0 7 628 672 −44 7  

August 30
Brazil   89–69   Uruguay
Pts: Barbosa 27
Rebs: Splitter 12
Asts: Machado 5
Pts: Batista 20
Rebs: Batista 17
Asts: Mazzarino, Osimani 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 30
Venezuela   82–73   Puerto Rico
Pts: Romero 27
Rebs: Torres 12
Asts: Bayona, Lugo, Romero 2
Pts: Ayuso 22
Rebs: Ramos 13
Asts: Dalmau 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 30
Dominican Republic   86–111   United States
Pts: García 26
Rebs: López, Martínez 6
Asts: López, Martínez 3
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Hamilton 6
Asts: Bell 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 31
Uruguay   99–101   Venezuela
Pts: Batista 25
Rebs: Batista 18
Asts: García Morales 7
Pts: Torres 26
Rebs: Lugo 7
Asts: Torres 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 31
Puerto Rico   107–101   Brazil
Pts: Ayuso 29
Rebs: Narvaez 15
Asts: Ayuso 4
Pts: Machado 34
Rebs: Splitter 18
Asts: Machado 10
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 31
United States   67–84   Argentina
Pts: Edney, Lang 11
Rebs: Hamilton 11
Asts: Edney, Greer 3
Pts: Quinteros 21
Rebs: González 7
Asts: Farabello 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

August 31
Panama   88–78   Dominican Republic
Pts: Lloreda 18
Rebs: García 13
Asts: Hicks 5
Pts: Flores, Martínez 18
Rebs: Martínez 12
Asts: Ramírez 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 1
Argentina   78–60   Venezuela
Pts: González, Mázzaro 16
Rebs: Kammerichs 7
Asts: Farabello 6
Pts: Romero 15
Rebs: Aguilera 10
Asts: Marriaga, Mijares 2
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 1
Uruguay   77–91   United States
Pts: Mazzarino 32
Rebs: Batista 11
Asts: Mazzarino 4
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Lang 11
Asts: Scales 5
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 1
Puerto Rico   55–74   Panama
Pts: Dalmau 15
Rebs: Ramos 8
Asts: Dalmau, Ramos 5
Pts: Hicks 31
Rebs: García 16
Asts: García, Muñoz 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 1
Dominican Republic   72–80   Brazil
Pts: Flores 17
Rebs: Asselin, Martínez 12
Asts: Arias 3
Pts: Machado 23
Rebs: Becker 11
Asts: Barbosa 4
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 2
Panama   78–71   Uruguay
Pts: Hicks 17
Rebs: García 13
Asts: García, Lloreda 4
Pts: Mazzarino 25
Rebs: Batista 18
Asts: García Morales 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 2
Brazil   60–71   Argentina
Pts: Garcia 12
Rebs: Becker 13
Asts: Huertas 3
Pts: González, Jasen 12
Rebs: González 7
Asts: Lo Grippo, Porta 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 2
United States   83–88   Puerto Rico
Pts: Beasley 18
Rebs: Beasley 10
Asts: Greer 5
Pts: Apodaca 34
Rebs: Hatton 10
Asts: Hatton 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

September 2
Venezuela   63–87   Dominican Republic
Pts: Romero 22
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Jones, Romero 3
Pts: Martínez 21
Rebs: Flores 9
Asts: García 6
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 3 – 19:00
 
 
  United States75
 
September 4 – 21:00
 
  Brazil93
 
  Brazil100
 
September 3 – 21:30
 
  Argentina88
 
  Argentina104
 
 
  Venezuela93
 
Third place
 
 
September 4 – 18:00
 
 
  United States83
 
 
  Venezuela93

Semifinals

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September 3
19:00
United States   75–93   Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 24–26, 19–23, 15–19
Pts: Lang 14
Rebs: Lang 9
Asts: Slay 6
Pts: Machado 19
Rebs: Splitter 17
Asts: Splitter 5
September 3
21:30
Argentina   104–93   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 33–30, 20–20, 23–19, 28–24
Pts: Quinteros 15
Rebs: Kammerichs 7
Asts: Farabello 6
Pts: Torres 26
Rebs: Romero 8
Asts: Guevara, Mijares, Romero 3
Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo

Third place game

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September 4
18:00
United States   83–93   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–17, 24–27, 27–29
Pts: Lang 30
Rebs: Lang 14
Asts: Bell 5
Pts: Torres 23
Rebs: Romero 9
Asts: Mijares 5

Final

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September 4
21:00
Brazil   100–88   Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 28–11, 18–23, 33–22
Pts: Barbosa 29
Rebs: Garcia 9
Asts: Machado 6
Pts: González 23
Rebs: González 8
Asts: Porta 4

Awards

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 2005 Tournament of the Americas winners 
 
Brazil
Third title

Statistical leaders

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Individual Tournament Highs

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Individual Game Highs

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Department Name Total Opponent
Points   Marcelinho Machado 42   Canada
Rebounds   Antonio García 22   Canada
Assists   Marcelinho Machado 10   Puerto Rico
Steals   Paolo Quinteros 5   Puerto Rico
Blocks   Peter John Ramos 8   Uruguay
Turnovers   Mauricio Aguiar 8   Dominican Republic

Team Tournament Highs

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Team Game highs

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Department Name Total Opponent
Points   Brazil
  United States
111   Venezuela
  Dominican Republic
Rebounds   Dominican Republic 52   Puerto Rico
Assists   Brazil 26   Canada
Steals   Brazil 17   Venezuela
Blocks   Venezuela 10   United States
Field goal percentage   Venezuela 66.7%   Uruguay
3-point field goal percentage   United States 58.8%   Uruguay
Free throw percentage   Canada 94.1%   Venezuela
Turnovers   Brazil
  United States
25   Argentina
  Brazil

Final standings

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Qualified for 2006 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards
Rank Team Record
    Brazil 7–3
    Argentina 7–3
    Venezuela 6–4
4   United States 4–5
5   Panama 5–3
6   Dominican Republic 4–4
7   Puerto Rico 4–4
8   Uruguay 1–7
9   Canada 1–3
10   Mexico 1–3
4th
  Brazil
Marcelinho Machado
Nezinho dos Santos
Murilo Becker
Marcelinho Huertas
Leandro Barbosa
Jefferson Da Silva
Alex Garcia
Anderson Varejão
Guilherme Giovannoni
Rafael Hettsheimeir
Caio Torres
Tiago Splitter
  Argentina
Antonio Porta
Julio Mázzaro
Román González
Diego Lo Grippo
Daniel Farabello
Gabriel Fernández
Leonardo Gutiérrez
Martín Leiva
Juan Pedro Gutiérrez
Paolo Quinteros
Hernán Jasen
Federico Kammerichs
  Venezuela
Víctor Díaz
Luis Julio
Ernesto Mijares
Richard Lugo
Tomás Aguilera
Óscar Torres
Askia Jones
Miguel Ángel Marriaga
Héctor Romero
Diego Guevara
Heberth Bayona
Carlos Morris
  United States
Tyus Edney
Marque Perry
Lynn Greer
Charlie Bell
Alex Scales
Tang Hamilton
Ron Slay
Adam Chubb
Noel Felix
Aaron McGhee
Jerome Beasley
Kris Lang

References

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